THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. JULY 28, 1900.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
License to wed was iesued Monday to
Caude H. McCoy and Mary Ehrck.
Pendleton is arranging to bold a
street fair and carnival to commence
September 18tb and last four day.
Dick Fisher is doing a land office busi
ness with his steam saw mill at Mosier.
The local demand is so great that the
mill running ou fall time cannot keep
up with its orders.
Astorians are talking of securing a
round-trip rate of $1.25 between The
Dalles and that city to give Dalles peo
ple a chance to attend the regatta,
which will be held there some time next
month.
Miss Dora Nielsen, eldest daughter of
I. C. Nielsen and a graduate of The
Dalles High school, has been engaged to
teach the Benson school on Five Mile,
the f.ill term commencing sometime in
September.
Thomas Batty came in today from
Victor for a load of grain sacks. His
sot), Fen, formerly night clerk at the
Umatilla House, hits abandoned the
hotel business, and if now managing his
thousand acre farm adjoining his father's
place.
A thief last night broke into the base
limit of the residence of Mrs. IJ. Diet
zA, on the bluff, and carried off a lot of
family supplies. A similar raid was
made on the same premises two or three
month? ago. It is not probable that the
thief is a stranger.
Mr. Flower, an Albany carpenter, is
at work on a patent air machine which
Mr. Flower thinks will revolutionize
things. When attached to a bicycle it
will without effort make it pass a train
of cars, it will be cheap, only ten or
twelve dollars. Albany Democrat.
Monday night a spark from the mid
night west-bound train ignited the grass
in the pasture of Mrs. Mosier, of Mosier,
and burned over about 100 acres. Only
a few weeks ago a fire started in a simi
lar way and burned over 300 acres be
longing to Mrs. Mosier and her son Jeff.
There has been found in London a
letter written by Gladstone which leads
to the belief that the reason the former
premier did not accept a title was be
cause he insisted upon becoming the
earl of Liverpool, which was success
fully opposed by the Jenkiiison family.
A regiment of militia was called out
yesterday morning to protect the non
union fishermen on Fraser river, nearly
1000 of whom were prevented from
working by COO anion strikers. No
violence was offered in the presence of
the troops, and the strike is regarded as
broken.
The wool market is still without any
signs of life apart from the fact of the
presence of a goodly number of buyers
and tho further fact that considerable
wool had been opened up today for the
inspection of buyers. Mo sales, however,
had been reported at the hour of going
to press.
The George W. Elder continues to
remain at Portland. The discouraging
news from Cape Nome of late has
caused a great decline in passenger and
freight traffic to the north, and there is
now some doubt that the Elder will re
ceive enough business at Portland to
justify another trip to Nome.
It is something of a mistake to sup
pose that women in China have no
rights that man is not bound to re
ppct. The idea that she is of no im
portance is altogether incorrect. In her
home, as a wife, she exercises an author
ity that wonld make a denizen of the
western world gasp with wonder.
Hon. George W. Gray, one of Salem'i
wealthiest and most highly respected
citizens, died at the family hoxe in that
eity about 9 o'clock Monday night, aged
7!) years, 11 months and 18 days. He
a Mason and Odd Fellow. The
funeral was held under the auspices of
those orders this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
As announced yesterday, the funeral
of Paul Kreft took place from Fraternity
nH at 4 o'clock this afternoon. It was
lrtte:y attended. The services, both at
the hall and at the grave, were conduct
ed y the Woodmen. The ball bearers
'ere; John Pashek, F. C. Wickman,
Jms Harper, L. W. Brown, Henry
Harper and N. J. Metquiat.
Fr ul Geer, a son of the governor, Is
t Nome. He writes home that a man's
Cbancas there are as slim as they would
J on top of an Eastern Oregon sand
LiIl. Theorstsetof liars In the world
re there. "It is the rottenest place,
ol fish, and the men ought to be shot
" Rot all the poor devils there, 25,000
trnnyt men lying around like a set of
fools."
I-ittle E lwm Reed, son of Geo. Reed,
le't at this office today an eyg, recently
layed by a Unre Wyandotte hen, that from The Dalles. Among the excite
weighs the egg, that Is to say, not the meut there is the government tug boat,
hen exactly 80 grains, troy. It i j George W. Wright, which is engaged in
Very little larger than a robin' earg, !
and if ibis particular Wyandotte Bi My
ineistsoo producing that kind of hen
froit we suppose it would bring a cent a
dozen in this market.
Little Wil'Je, the 10 ? ear old boy of
Joe Nitscbke, nearly lot a finger yester
day afternoon by ao ax ic the band of
his brother. The children had been
splitting kindling wood and Willie's
right hand rame under the ax, almost
completely eeveiing the little finger and
cutting a deep gash in the finger ad
joining. Dr. Lgan sewed np the
wounds and is hopeful that the bjy'a
hand will not be permanently maimed.
The following occurred in a fisher
man's strike on Frazer river: 'A street
row between a Japanese ami a China
man occurred over a dispute as to
whether or not a Japanese army of 10,'
000 men could whip a Chinese army of
100,003 in the present ar in China.
lne Japanes cut on the Chinaman s
queue to emphasize his argument, and
in five minutes 300 Japanese engaged in
a hand-to-hand fight with 500 Chinete.
In twenty minutes the Japanese bad
broken to manv Chinese noses and cut
off so many queues that the Chinamen
fled.
Four years ago C. J. Nicholson, came
here from Pennsylvania and bought
what is known as the Pitman ranch,
about four miles east of Boyd. The
ranch is all composed of hill land and,
like most others of like character in that
neighborhood, had no fruit trees. Mr.
Nicholson immediatly set about plant
ing an orchard, which came into bear
ing this year and more than gratifies its
owner by the result. Yesterday Mr.
Nicholson left a sample box of his peach
plums at this office that are as fine
specimens of their class as we have ever
seen.
The following is a bill of fare in front
of a Nome restaurant: "Plain steak,
$1.50; poterhouse large, $4 ; poterhouse
small, $2 50; T bone, $2; rib steak, $2;
mutton chops, $1 50; pork chops, $1.50;
ham end egns, $1 ; bacon and eggs, fl ;
hot cakes with coffee, 50 cents; cke
and coffee, 50 cents; doughnuts, 25
cents; poi k and beans, 50 cents ; corned
beef hash, f 1 ; fresh sausage. $1 ; ham
burg steak, 1$; pie per cut, 25 cents;
roast spring chicken, $5. Potatoes,
coffee, bread and butter go with the
large orders without extra charge."
At a few minutes before 1 o'clrck a
fire started in the roof of the Lang
residence on Fourth street, one of the
oldest homes in the city, and the property
cf the Dalles National Bank. The' fire
must have been caused by a spark from
a neighboring chimney, as Mrs. Lang
was at home and not even a match bad
been lighted in the house since early in
the morning. The department responded
very promptly to the alarm and in a few
mintiti'S the flames were extinguished.
The only material damage was that done
to the building, which, probably, less
than a hundred djllars would repair.
Tliumaay'i Daily.
The highest price paid for wool this
year at Heppner was 13 cents.
Governor Geer appointed T. A. Hud
son, of this city, a notary public July
19th.
Two carloads of sheep were sold at
North Yakima Mondav. They were of
the Lincolnshire breed. The lambs sold
for $13 and the rams at $30 each.
The dock strikers at Portland have
won their fight for an advance of from
SO cents an hour to 4U cents, ana gone
back to work at the advanced wages
A former Portland detective sends
this advice from Nome: "If you've got
a friend tell him to stay away from
Nome; but if you've got an enemy Bend
him here "
Judue E. D. Shattnck, one tf the best
known members of the judiciary in Ore
gon, from his twenty years on the bench,
is lying very low at his home on Fifth
and College streets, Portland.
E. M. Cress, an employe of the Paul
Mohr portage, recently lost a pay check
for $22.85, or the check was stolen from
hiiu. Mr. Cress does not know which.
Payment has been stopped at the bank.
In response to telegram received
this morning, Informing Mrs. E. J.
Collins of the dangerous illness of her
father, Mr. and Mrs. Collins left on the
noon train for his home in Southern
Oregon.
A clip of 21,604 pounds of Crook coun
ty wool was sold yesterday at tha Wasco
warehouse to Whitman, Farnswnrk A
Thayer, of Boston. The price was not
given out, but it is known to have been
in the neighborhood of 13 cents. This
is the first break of a deadlock that has
lasted for weeks.
The Shaniko Leader says the Colom
bia Southern has now men on every
train whose sole business is to watch for
fire along the track. In several In
stances the watchmen discovered grass
and grain burning and gave the alarm,
upon which the train was stopped and
the destroying element quenched.
J. L. Kelly, who, with his family, is
sojourning at Newport, writes us that
he expects to remain there for six weeks
more; that the fishing in Yaqnine bay
affords fine sport, and that the rock
oysters are this year plentiful and ex
cellent. Most of the sojourners at the
bay are from Albany, Corvallls and
Salem, and only twelve persons, all told,
removing a large rt-k from the chaucei
near the oar.
The steamer R-liance has lxen mak
ing evening excursions several times a
eek recently. The custom-house offi
cials at Portland t are chartered her
lor some evening the first part of next
week to go to Kalama. The steamer
Dalles City took an excursion of about
300 children to MuUuom th falls yester
day. M. T. Nolan returned home last night
from accompanying Civil Engineer Hu
ber and Judge Bennett as far as fifteen
miles above the Harris place on the
Deschutes, on a recounaisance of that
route in the iuterest of the contem
plated line of railroad between The
D-tlU and Klamath couuty. The judge
and Mr. Huber proceeded on south and
nothing will be knowu of the result till
ther return.
Few people realiz that Wind Cave,
near Hot Springs, S. I)., is the largest
and most beautiful cave in the United
States. No one knows bow large it real
ly is. Over 100 miles of passages and
3000 chambers have been explored.
And that is only the beginning. There
are fourteen different "routes," only
three of which have been opened to the
public. They are known as the Garden
of Eden, Fair Grounds and Pearly Gates.
A heavy forest fire to the ncrth of
Mount Jefferson was in progress Monday
evening, and aiso, several hundred acres
of hay were but ning at the same time on
the Warm Springs reservation. These
two fir'e9 were miles apart, though prob
abbly sparks from the timber fire
touched off the bay, which seems to be
unusually dry everywhere this year. The
two fires were readily distinguishable bv
their smoke, the timber smoke being
dark, while a htiae cloud of dense white
smoke bung over the reservation.
Shaniko Leader.
An enterprii-iug brewer up at Baker
City has copied bodily, verbatim et lit
eratim, the article written by Dr. Amos
Grey in the June number of the United
States Health Reports on the quality of
August Buchler's beer, and, inserting
his own namo instead of Mr. Bnchler'e,
is running it ns an advert iement for bis
own beer in the Baker City papers. Au
gust ought to send that fellow a chromo
as a compliment to his gall. The arti
cle in question was set up in this paper
from the magazine itself. The Bauer
City man copi .d it from Tub Chronicle.
A rarely beautiful monument has jnet
been erected in the Odd Fellows' ceme
tery over the remains of little Rta
Mays, daughter of Polk Mays of this
city, who died a year ago last May.
The monument is of Carava marble,
about four feet in height, and stands
upon a die of Italian marble, surmount
ing a base of Mill Creek granite. The
design is that of an ideally beautiful
angel, and was copied from a picture
that was a favorite of the child that lies
underneath. The picture was setit to
Carava, Italv, by Louie Comini, with
instructions that it be copied to the life,
and the work on the mounment was
done there. The die and base are the
work of Mr. Comini. On the die is the
Inscription: "Reta Dean, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Polk Mays; born Septem
her 6, 1894 ; died May 2b, 1899. Rest in
peace." Hundreds of people in the long
future years will visit this lovely montt
ment and gaze on it with admiration.
Friday's Daily.
During the remainder of the summer
season trains Nos. 1 and 2 will stop at
Cascade Locks Sundays on being flagued.
Why heat the home these hot days by
co king, when all the delicacies of the
reason are served at the Umatilla House
grill room?
A tract of 7500 acress has been pur
chased in the Grand Ronde valley, on
which it Is understood a colony of Mor
mons will settle.
$2000 in purses will be offered at the
Antelope fair which will be held this
fall. Five of the best race horses in the
circuit of Eastern Oregon are already in
training on the Antelope track.
At the great council of the Red Men,
which closed Its annual meeting at As
toria yesterday, John Michell, of this
city, was appointed member of the
committee on laws and nsages, and Fred
Lempke one of the great trustees.
Florence Dorothy, the Infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Markillie, of this
city, died this morning at 4:15 o'clock.
The child had been in poor health from
its birth and its death was not unex-
pocted. The funeral will take place
from the residence tomorrow.
John C. Meyers swam seventeen miles
In the Mississippi river, between Alton
and St. Lonis, In three hours and twenty
minutes. He had made a wager to swim
twenty-eve miles in nve hours, but a
storm came up and swamped the boat
in which was the timer and life saver.
It is said there will be a shortage in
the California prune crop this year, and
that buyers from that state are already
visiting the prune sections of Oregon
for the purpose of contracting with
Oregon growers for this year's crop that
they may be able to supply orders they
have received.
Judge E. D. Shattnck, of Portland,
died at his residence in that city at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. For the
past two years he had been in poor
health, bat was not confined to bed till
about week ago. He w born in
Vermont in December, 1824, and came
to Oregon in 1S.53.
At St. Paul the other day Cardinal
Uibbons was arked for his views on ex-pan-iou.
He replied in part: "Of
course He cannot abandon the Irlauds
we have acquired, at least not until a
riitti..-irut!y powerful home government
has her it established iu each of our new
possessions. The duty of America is
most emphatically that of teaching the
nealy acquired possessions to govern
themselves."
The Antelope Republican suggests the
propriety of reviving the Stockman
county rr,'j"ct, and thinks a small
county formed out of southeastern Was
co a'ld uorthern Crook cojld be run
with less burden to the taxpayers of
that district than they aro bearing now
in connection with two large counties.
The Paul Mohr Portage Company
have takeii a crew up to Pasco to operate
the steamer Frederick K. Billings. The
Billings will run between Pasco and
Colo minis, which is situated at the
upper end of the portage railway around
Ceiiio Falls. The first work of the
Billings will be to carry lumber to be
used in constructing landings along the
route, which will be used for handling
the grain croD this fall.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the resi
dence uf Mrs. Paul Kreft, on Tenth
street, wai practically burned to the
ground. The fire is peculiarly dis
tressing from the fact that only two days
ago the remain of the husband and
father were borne to their last resting
p'uee from t lie building that is now in
ashes. Only a few things from the
contents were saved. The fire started
in a bed room that was being fumigated.
Mrs. Henry Learned left at this office
today four apples of the Red Biet'g
beiuier variety, whose aggregate weight
is four pounds and one ounce. One of
them weighs eighteen ounces and meas
ures fourteen inches in circumference.
The Bimigheiiner is a fall apple. These
are beautifully formed and are without
speck or flaw. They are the first prod
uct of a young Iran that yielded five
boxes. Mrs. Learned's place ia near the
old garrison stables. Who can beat
them?
Frank M Iter ami W. M. Killings
worth are in the city representing the
Portland chamber of commerce in a
special scheme for advertising the state
in general and individual towns ami dis
tricts In particular. They are soliciting
subscriptions for a little book that fits
into an ordinary vest pocket and is
filled with valuable statistics on every
conceivable subject connected with Ore
gon. The book is sold at five cents a
piece, in Bny quantity, and n town like
The Dalles bovine, say $200 worth, is
entitled to a special write-up of four or
five pages. Messrs. Motter and Killings
worth were soliciting subscriptions from
the business men this afternoon, and
report fan success.
The report in yesterday's Chronicle
that a brewer in Baker City had copied,
bodily, from the Dalles papers an arti
cle published in the United States
Health Reports, giving an analysis of
The Dulles beer by Dr. Amos Grey, and
substituted his own name and address
for that of August Buchler, of this city,
publishing the same in the Baker
City papers as an advertisement
of his own beer, naturally suggested to
Mr. Buchler that he make it his busi
ness to see if s thing of that kind can be
done with impunity. The matter has
been placed in the hands of Charles
Schulz, and, as a first step, Mr. Schutz
today sent a letter to the publishers of
the Reports and a'ed if it were possi
ble that the Reports should have pub
lished an analysis of Baker City beer
clothed in the very same words, from
first to last, save only in respect to
names, as Dr. Grey's analrsis of The
Dalles beer.
Advertised Letter..
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the posloffice at The Dalles un
called for July 27, 1900. Persons
calling for the same will give date on
which they were advertised:
LADIES.
Badley, Miss Ella Clements, Mrs Ella
Chamberlain, Clara Ingraham, Mrs C
Oastony, Frances Parrott, Mis Jennie
Spenser, Evia Smith, Mrs Sam
Smith, Miss Josie
GENTLEMEN.
Gland, II Gibbs, Sterling B
Ileiran, Capt. A J Lewis, Capt John W
Patterson, Wm Peterson, P P
Pinther, Jared S Robine. Bndd
Shattnck, R B Scott. Walter
Shntz, Johan Thompson, Harry
Wallace, J W Walton Bros.
II. II. RlDDELL, P. M.
Annual Fire Election.
Annual election of fire chief and as
sistant chief will take place at the city
fire engine house, on Third street, be
tween the hnnrs of Sand 7 o'clock p. ni.,
Anviist 6, VMM). Active members In
good standing in their respective com
panies are entitled to vote.
By order of the Board of Fire Dele
gates, Dulles City fire department.
j27-2t II. C. Liebe, Secy.
ennday Eacuralon to ttonnevllle.
Take either the Pacifin express, leav
ing The Dalles at 4:50 a.m., or the
Portland special, leaving The Dalles at
12:35 noon, for the Bonneville picnic
grounds Sunday, Fare 50 cents for the
round trip. Good mus'c, vaudeville
performance, specialties under the pa
vilion, free. Return on the evening
train. frdyAsat
CHEAP LANDS ON COLUMBIA,
Can He Taken l etter leert Laait Act
ad Easily Made Worth fully
loo an Arre.
C. R. Smead, of the Siuead fruit farm,
Blalock, believes there never was a bet
ter opportunity for farmers than now
presented in the arid lands bordering
the Columbia and the Snake rivers,
says the Telegram. The land which is
cow worth $t.2j an acre, In a few years,
he says, will be worth $100 an acre.
"It will be more valuable," said Mr.
Siuead, "through irrigation. At the
present time it can be settled under the
desert land act. Men of limited means
cau take twenty-acre tracts and through
a device being now put in the river by
Wolff A Z ioker, under the direction of
the O. R. A N., will be able to irrigate
that tract at a nominal cost. The de
vice in question is a water motor run by
the current of the river. There is no
expense attached to it, once it is put
into the river. Each motor will irri
gate a twenty-acre tract. The O. R. A
N. traffic department ha been busy
with the apparatus a long time and has
reached a point whore its success is as
sured and from which practical benefits
will soon be obtained.
"Under the magic of irrigation the
arid tract adjacent to the river will be
madr, a regular farmers' paradise. The
cultivated districts serve to show what
the land is capable of all kinds of fruit,
vegetables, berries, grains and grasses.
On our farm, the same sort of laud, the
pear and peach trees are loaded; the
grapes are looking fine, and everything
is growing with a luxuriance impossible
except under the mo6t favorable condi
tions. "If an agent were to go E.ist and tell
facts about the Columbia river valley,
the farmers who are scratching rocky,
barren soil in New England, or fighting
droughts and grasshoppers in Kansas,
would set him down as the champion
liar of the world. Easterners are used I
to such harsh conditions unfavorable to
farming that they simply cannot bring
themselves to imagine a farmers' para
dise like Oregon. The only way is to
entice them out here and let them see
(or themselves. Were it known that
such good farming land as that along
the Columbia could be had for $1.25 an
acre, it would soon be purchased by
those who farm under adverse circum
stances in the East."
Story of Three Faithful Iluga,
A Heppner dispatch says : The Hynd
Bros, have just returned from looking
up their lost sheep among the Green
horn mountains, 100 miles southwest
from Heppner. Their herder, George
Parmatier, was found dead on the range,
and had been d ad for a week when
found. He had three Scotch collie dogs,
and. one of them was found almost fam
ished, standing guard over the body
Another was guarding the camp, a mile
away, while the third was sticking right
to the sheep and keeping them fairly
well rounded up, though apparently not
being able to get them back to the camp
corral.
There were 3100 sheep in the band,
and on their owners making a new
count it was found that only seven head
were missing. This was in the wildest
part of the Blue mountains, whera
wolves, cougars and bears are fairly
plentiful. The herder had been in bad
health for years, and was near to death's
door while in Heppnor a few days ago
u:i account oi decomposition the re
mains bad to be buried where thev were
found.
Obituary.
Florence Odell Scott, wife of L. II.
Scott, of Wapinitia, died at the Good
Samaritan hospital in Portland Wednes
day. The remains were brought to The
Dalles on the noon train and interment
took place in Odd Fellows' cemetery
The deceased died in labor of her first
child, which was never born.
Mrs. Scott was the daughter of S. G
and Margaret A. Blackerby, of Wapini
tia, and was born February 4, 1871, near
Silverton. She leaves to mourn her sad
and untimely death, a husband, father,
mother, three sisters aud two brothers,
all of whom, save the father, are here
to attend the funeral. Her father is on
a prospecting tour in Harney county,
and dispatches sent from here have been
unable to reach him. The mother and
husband, in anticipation of the worst,
had accompanied her to the hospital
and remained with her to the end.
She was married to L. II. Scott Feb
ruary 12, 1890, and as daughter, sister,
wife and neighbor was a pattern of all
the gentle, womanly virtues that are the
glory of a true woman.
rortland Wheat Market.
The local market remains dull and
weak, and continues in a most unsatis
factory condition, There are not many
buyers actively in the market, and
sellers find conditions against them.
The relatively strong position of ton
nage ha J had considerable effect upon
wheat valves, and it is undoubtedly due
to the firmness of freights that grain
has given way. A number of sales of
small parcels were made during the
week, almost entirely of Eastern Oregon
and Washington. We hear that57 cents
per bushel was paid for Walla Walla
wheat, which figure is rather above its
enrrent value, based upon existing rates
for tonnage, but is accounted for by ex-
porters who mad favorable early char
ters being willing to part with a portion
of thtlr freight profit and give quick
dispatch to such vessels as may arrive
next mouth. Nominally Walla Walla
wheat is not worth more than 33 cents
per bushel on dock; Bluestem, 57 cents;
and Valley 54'. 55 cents. Usually at
this time of the year exporters are heavy
purchasers of grain, and in former years
there has been more or less competition
among buyers to secure desirable par
cels, and this active buying movement
has as a rnle been decidedly favorable
to the selling interests but now there ia
little or no disposition shown by ex
porters to compete on offerings, and
present conditions compel sellers to
seek buyers, rather than buyers to hunt
up sellers. Commercial Review, July
20.
D. P. & A. N. CO. OWNS "IRALDA.
She Will He rut on the ltiiu Between.
The Iallee and (he Locke.
The D. P. A A. N. Company has pur
chased from her owner, Captain New
some, the steamer Iralda that has been
running between The Dalles and Port
land for a short time as ao opposition
boat. The sale was made last week
after the boat had been taken off the
run and tied up. The object of the D.
P. A A. N. Company in the purchase of
the boat is to accommodate the people
living on both sides of the river be
tween Lyle and the locks, who do the
most of their trailing with the Dalles)
merchants.
The Iralda is expected here today,
and after she has been overhauled aud
painted ehe will leave the locks every
morning except Sunday, and returning
leave here some time in the early after
noon. Settlers along the river will be
able to come here, do their trading and
return home the same day. This will
make four boats the D. P. A A. N. Co.
will have in operation on The Dalles
run, and it will enable the schedule to
j be materially improved. The rates on
Ithe line will not be affected by thn
I change.
The Iralda is chartered to carry 100
passengers. It- is expected she will be
ready for business early next week.
A Soliller'a Opinion or the Antla.
Seargeant diaries II. Deems, of Com
pany E, 47th U. S. volunteers, writes a
long and interesting letter to an old
friend, Charles J. Nickelseu of Boyd,
whom the sergeant used to know when
he was a mere lad back in old Pennsyl
vania. We have read the letter and it
strongly confirms all that the friends of
the present administration have been
claiming as to tho pernicious effect the
teaching!! of the self-styled anti-imperialists
is having on the efforts of our
American soldiers to bring the Filipinos
into subjection. Sargeant Deems does
not think the war in the Philippines
will end eoon. Tho "niggers," as be
calls the Filipinos, "are no nearer peace
than they were a year ago. They are
waiting on W. J. Bryan. They think if
Bryan gets to be president they will get
their independence. Atns, friend Char
lie, they are no more fit for independence
than a community of Digger Indians.
They are composed of many tribes,
some partially civilized but the majority
uncivilized barbarians. They are all
utterly without sympathy or gratitude.
You may treat them with the utmost
kindness, give them food, clothing,
money, anything they may need or
desire, and the next moment if they have
a chance, and a hope to escape with.
Impunity, they will hack you to pieces
with their bolos. So expert are they in.
the use of these weapons that I have
seen one of them, with one stroke, split
a man's head open down to his shoulder.
I am glad to see from your letter that
you honor the old flag and have faith ia
the republican party. May God bless
you and save you and our common
country from the election of a president
whose followers and admirers have done
more than anything else in the world to
prolong the struggle here and to send
many a brave American lad to the
grave."
Anothei l'loneer done.
Mr. E. Selden Brooks died at Wood
ville, Or., on the evening of the 26th
Inst. He was born in Cass county, 111.,
January 31, 1839, and came to Oregon in
1850, in the territorial days of this fa
vored land, with his parents, the late
Linus and Eliza Brooks, who shortly
after their arrival located and settled on
the donation land claim, where now is
Brooks station, In Marion county. He
was married to Miss Emma Perkins in
1871 and lost bis companion in 1877.
He never married again. He leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Iva B. Collins, of The
Dalles, and Miss Emma Seldena Brooks,
of Toledo, Or.; he also leaves a sister.
Mrs. Wm. E. Brainard, of Mt. Tabor,
and two brothers, Mr. Sam'l L. Brooks,
of this city, and Henry J. Brooks, of
Portland Or.
He was a man of sterling qualities; a
man whose tender heart and sympathet
ic nature were a comfort to all those who
were in need and distress that came un
der his notice.
Cash In lour Cneeks.
AU county warrants registered prior
to Aug. 1, 1896, will be paid at taj
office. Interest ceases after June 30,
1900. J. F. Hampshire,
County Treasurer.
Root beer, one dollar a dozen at Feaae
A Mays' grocery department. j23-3t.